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This report assesses the 2000 – 2015 trends in highway traffic volumes, public transit ridership, bicycle trips, and pedestrian trips entering and leaving the Philadelphia Central Business District (CBD). Traffic volumes are expressed as both vehicle and person trips. Public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian trips are expressed as person trips. This report analyzes all trips crossing the North, West,……

gc2040: People, Place, Prosperity, details the first year of a two-year process undertaken to update Gloucester County’s Master Plan with a Unified Land Use and Transportation Element. It explains the need for the project, documents existing conditions in the county, and details the public outreach process through which the themes, goals, and objectives that will be carried forward to the second phase……

This study examined means to improve bicycle and pedestrian connection with three New Jersey Transit rail stations: Pennsauken Transit Center, Lindenwold Station, and Princeton Junction Station. For each station area existing conditions were inventoried and documented, and improvements desirable for improving bicycle and pedestrian connections with each station were identified. Affected municipalities……

This method provides a rational approach to determine which ROW should have priority for preservation with limited funds available. This method is not a comment on the ROW’s current utility but rather a look at its future use in the region as compared to the other ROWs in the region. The ROWs were screened against several of DVRPC’s long-range plan elements: Transit Score, connecting future growth……

The purpose of this project is to evaluate feasible locations for park-and-ride facilities along CR 571 in Mercer County. The report summarizes existing park-and-ride facilities in the corridor, details potential new locations and their attributes, and assigns a preliminary rating for each location based on selected criteria. The analysis identifies four strong candidates for new park-and-ride facilities,……

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) commissioned the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to construct a powerful computer model capable of simulating, visualizing, and assessing traffic conditions along the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) to use as a practical research tool. The tool can be used to determine the effects of growth, predict outcomes of changes to the……

Improving the linkage between land use and transportation is essential for the future of the US 322 corridor through Chester County. Inappropriate land uses coupled with inadequate infrastructure and transportation access will have negative impacts on the entire road network and quality of life for the western portion of Chester County. Working with the Chester County Planning Commission,…

This report documents 2030 traffic forecasts for the Schuylkill River bridges in the Conshohocken, Plymouth Meeting, Norristown, King of Prussia area. Average daily and AM and PM peak hour forecasts are provided for a No-Build and two Build alternatives and compared to current volumes. Average peak hour intersection delays and levels-of-service are also provided for current and future conditions.……

Through this initiative, New Jersey DOT, Gloucester County and DVRPC formed a partnership to work with representatives of the Gloucester County Mayors Association in order to provide opportunities for the general public and municipal officials to identify traffic problems and suggest potential improvement strategies in the US 322 Corridor. This report documents: 1) the public participation process……

This interim report document the first two phases of as three phase effort to identify a network of highways that can adequately serve east-west travel across Gloucester County. This travel corridor runs between the Commodore Barry Bridge and NJ 55. Demand in this corridor gets extremely heavy in the summer months as the New Jersey Shore becomes a popular destination. Because US 322…